The NOSU Center for Sustainable Development (CSD) was established in March 2020 and marks the commitment of the NOSU to contributing to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The goal of the CSD is to assist in achieving 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals in the NOSU and the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, as well as to reduce the NOSU’s negative impact on the environment through carrying out infrastructural, educational and applied projects.
Centre for Sustainable Development established at the North Ossetian State University: link
CSD is working in the following directions:
- Collaboration with Sustainable Development Solutions Network at the UN (SDSN) for development of educational materials, joint research, as well as project realization;
- Developing collaboration with the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), as an Affiliate Member since June 2019, in order to assist promotion of ecologically, socially and economically sustainable tourism in the Republic through such programmes as UNWTO Academy, Silk Road Initiative, and UNWTO International Centre.
- Collaboration with Association of Green Universities of Russia, as a member since June 2019, in realization of infrastructural and educational projects for reducing NOSU’s environmental impact and raising awareness on current ecological crisis;
- Curation of a student-lead Eco-movement SANSARA whose main goal is to promote ecologically friendly lifestyle among the NOSU students.
- Curation of NOSU’s participation in Enactus, international programme-competition of student entrepreneurial projects
Plans for 2020
- Development of an educational course on Sustainable Development Goals. Its goal is to help students develop and carry out projects aimed at helping local community in areas respective of every Faculty.
- Participation in an all-Russian interuniversity festival of sustainable development “Vuzekofest-2020»;
- Curation of NOSU’s participation in student ecological quests by Association of “green” universities of Russia;
- Curation of the NOSU’s participation in UI Green Metric and Association of “Green” universities of Russia rankings;
- installation of bicycle parking
- expansion of recycling system (NOSU is the first organization in North Ossetia to organize recycling system)
- organizing educational events to promote student project and research activities in sustainable development;
- organizing events in accordance with the UN calendar to promote principles of sustainable development.
- organizing informal educational events for residents of North Ossetia
Team
Lara Dzabolova, director and curator of Eco-movement SANSARA
Anastasia Kochieva, responsible for the Centre, volunteer of Eco-movement SANSARA
Sarmat Dzantiev, responsible for the Centre, volunteer of Eco-movement SANSARA
Contacts
E-mail: sdgs@nosu.ru
Tel: +7 918 838 54 21
Instagram: @sdgs.nosu
Twitter: @sdgsNOSU
Facebook: @sdgs.nosu
Address: North Ossetian State University Centre for Sustainable Development, 44-46 Vatutina street, rectorate, office 4.5